of the speeches you've made recently i've been going over them, you talk a lotaboutnatoandthe fact that the experience in afghanistan is not -- >> it's not over yet. >> it hasn't been a terrifically happy one for nato and that that might sort of lead to a process in which we just don't have the will anymore or the intention to stay on the same scale we've been before particularly given the perception that our partners are not pulling their weight. how do you think we are going to be able to keep nato going? what would it take, in your view, to sustain nato and keep it relevant given our budgetary restrictions? >> well, i think an intervening event that poses a threat, um, we saw a little resurgence of nato in the libya situation where clearly the united states was not going to take the lead, was going to supply reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance and a little bit of back up. but it was either nato getting together and going forward or not. that was the threat of, you know, the threat of a destabilized libya, the immigration consequences of that for southern europe, the histo

's not yet possible to get the exact figures. u.s. military aircraft evacuated some survivors toanatoairbasein sicily. pictures of the siege show gunmen rounding up hostages. this b.p. worker says terrorists told him "you have nothing to do with this. you're algerians and muslims. we only want the foreigners." b.p. chief executive bob dudley said 14 of its 18 foreign employees at the plant were safe. >> we are not able to confirm the circumstances of four of our employees. tragically, we gravely fear that we will be seeing fatalities fatalities from this group. >> reporter: algerian troops discovered a cache of heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, and grenades. hostages said the explosives were wired around their necks. local media have identified this man, abdul rahman al-nigeri, as the leader of the attack. he's a lieutenant of mokhtar belmokhtar, head of an al qaeda-linked group based in north africa. the aljean state oil company running the plant said the attackers had the entire refinery booby trapped and it would be days before the clearing out process is complete. charlie d'

house is giving the go ahead to general john allen's nomination as europe'stopnatocommander.the nomination had been put on hold during the investigation into allen's e-mail relationship with a florida woman. but now that the pentagon cleared allen, his nato nomination moves forward. >>> many parents are angry at one southern california school district. they say allowing campus police to have semiautomatic rifles is a bad idea. even so, police have 14 of the rifles in their arsenal. they were purchased before the newtown school attack, and the police chief says they sent a blunt message to would-be attackers. >> we're prepared for you and if you seek to harm our children, we will neutralize the threat and you will most likely be killed. >> no mistaking that comment. police received 40 hours of training with the rifles over the holiday break. some parents claim the $14,000 spent on the rifles should have been used to restore school counseling programs. >>> also, medical researchers are sending out a strong message to smokers. kick the habit and live a lot longer. "the new eng

beginning to recuperate atthisnatobase.they were beaten, tied up and executed. the survivors are shocked and shaken. >> it happened so fast. >> reporter: they saw horrifying scenes and one foreigner was used as bait to lure his co-workers out before being shot. steven mcfall had his mouth taped and wore explosives taped to his chest and mark grant hid for 80 hours and scrambled up on the roof or locked themselves inside their rooms. >> we barry indicated together in one of the offices we lock the door we put a deck on the door. we did a barley cade. >> reporter: when they got out, joy and relief. >> when the guys who picked up, the rescue guys were wonderful. we were like long lost friends. >> reporter: one survivor's family says they have been through hell and when one son heard his father was alive it was the best news he'd ever heard. dan? >> nick schifrin, thank you. bianna, over to you. >> terrifying week. >>> we'll turn now to the countdown to president obama's second inauguration. tomorrow hundreds of thousands of people will watch the president take the oath of office on the step

-old reportedly took out enemy taliban fighters while protecting britishandnatosoldiers.prince harry flew apache helicopters in the helmand province in southern afghanistan during his 20 weeks there. he was apparently treated just like one of the guys. when asked about his sister-in-law's pregnancy he said he's thrilled and can't wait to be an uncle. raj? >> thank you, janel. >>> still searching for answers about the boeing dreamliner. among the problems, a fire on a flight that landed in boston earlier this month. u.s. safety investigators have ruled out excess voltage and are looking at the battery's charger and the boeing 747 auxiliary power unit. the prolonged investigation continues a ripple effect in dreamliner aircraft across the world really. japan has canceled another 200 flights between now and next tuesday and that includes the flights from the san jose airport. >> southwest wants to buy you a drink, if you were a passenger in 2010. they have long awarded drink vouchers for its best customers. the airline decided the vouchers would be good only on the day issued. one had 45 cou

was kind of the easy thing. the tough thing wasbuildingnatoafterwards.wasn't winning world war ii the tough thing? i think it's a revealing little insight into his mind that deep down all this war stuff, that was kind of in the past, and sometimes you had to do it, but that's not really what a real statesman of the 21st century does. international engagement and avoid war at all costs. jon: some have suggested that the policies he pushed or emphasized like, you know, expanding gay marriage, for instance, don't cost anything, don't take money out of the federal budget. >> well, that might be true in some case cans, but again there, i mean, he makes that sound as if there's a universal consensus in the united states that gay rights is of the same standing as the civil rights movement from selma to stonewall. wasn't president obama himself not in favor of gay marriage until six months ago? do you have to believe in same-sex marriage if you believe in the principles of the declaration of independence? i don't think so. i don't think most americans think that's just obviously the right

in very delicate conversations with other countries u.n.andnatoforcesran themselves through surrogates and other countries so that we don't have to pack a a 1.4 million of our citizens in engagements again and again so we don't have to do that, there's nothing from the right wing saying you know what? i have problems with the domestic policies of this president or whatever but i'm not going to open up the door where i'm going to call him a muslim. i'm not going to do that and make it both a pejorative and or accusatory. >> don't you think this is online with the inherent lack of disrespect they seem to have for this president? >> lack of respect. >> lack of respect. disrespect or lack of respect. >> hal: i think there's two reasons why they have a lack of respect. one is they can't have respect for him and then get re-elected later in their mind. >> it is worse now than it's ever been with any other democratic president. >> hal: i agree. there is something knee-jerk and guttural about it. if you look at their -- their vilification of bill clinton, we forget because the economy -- we di

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